How to Install and Uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 04,2025

1. Install "linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04" package

This tutorial shows how to install linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.4.0-125.141~18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: restricted/kernel
Source: linux-restricted-modules-hwe-5.4
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Canonical Kernel Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21
Provides: nvidia-dkms-390 (= 390.154-0ubuntu0.18.04.1), nvidia-prebuilt-kernel
Depends: linux-modules-nvidia-390-5.4.0-125-generic (= 5.4.0-125.141~18.04.1), nvidia-kernel-common-390 (<= 390.154-1), nvidia-kernel-common-390 (>= 390.154)
Filename: pool/restricted/l/linux-restricted-modules-hwe-5.4/linux-modules-nvidia-390-generic-hwe-18.04_5.4.0-125.141~18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 5500
MD5sum: dad2b81e60a299d270e984f3387e1c26
SHA1: db7b74d7dd87cb5a0b699ca3b82331ae97c80a09
SHA256: 9c15c492c2619272544ba871befae8b93cffb91f5fe66f460ef963c8dd3e9fb5
SHA512: eb16cff824c5468b08971e887dcc1b5222857e7ec8655d859a2c943e8596c0141458f6d98e124f15d606c88764781ef943303932e593afc7db310453dde9574d
Description: Extra drivers for nvidia-390 for the generic-hwe-18.04 flavour
Description-md5: 97e40fd5321fdd131335105a9614cd27
Supported: 5y